One way brake



J. H. HAYES ONE WAY BRAKE Nov. 6, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Original Filed May 1, 1946 Nov. 6, 1956 J. H. HAYES 2,769,511

ONE WAY BRAKE Original Filed May 1, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ti .E.

file 64 0'2 INVENTOR I! I ATORS Un ed S t s Paten 5 Patented Nov. 6, 1956 a ONE .WAY BRAKE I James H. Hayes, Yonkers, N. Y.

2 Claims. (Cl. 188'-82.9)

This application is a division of my copending application Serial No. 666,396, filed May 1, 1946, now Patent No. 2,604,273.

This invention relates to fishing reels and more particularly toa one way brake. 'j v The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved one way brake for fishing reel.

Other objects of the invention will be pointed out in the following description and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose, by way of examples, the principle of the invention and the best mode, which has been contemplated, of applying that principle.

In the drawings: a

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a reel housing and spool showing the manner in which the brake mechanism is applied thereto. 7

Fig.2 is a section taken substantially along lines 22 of Fig. 1. g

Fig. 2a is a detail of a camming collar.

Fig. 3 is a view showing a modified form of brake employing the same principles as that of Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on lines 44 of Fig. 3 with part of the housing broken away.

Fig. 5 is a further modification in which the preadjusted tension is applied in a somewhat different manner.

Fig. 6 is a section taken substantially on lines 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring to Fig. 1, there is shown a type of reel comprising a housing 10 in which there is supported a spool shaft 11 provided with a spool 12 afiixed to one end thereof. The shaft and spool are driven through gears 13 and 14, the latter of which is supported on a rod 15 to which handle 16 is secured.

In accordance with the present invention the spool shaft 11 has integral therewith a clutch element 17 notched as shown in Fig. 2 to receive rollers 18. Surrounding the element 17 and rollers 18 is a drum 19 which is freely rotatable on shaft 11 and at opposite sides of the shell are brake shoes 20, pivoted on a fixed pin 21 and normally urged apart and out of contacting engagement with drum 19 by a spring 22.

The lower shoe has a link 23 pivoted thereto at 20 and a pin 24 on the upper shoe passes through an opening in the link 23 the upper end of which link 23 is pivoted at 24a to a cam 25 which in turn is pivoted at its upper end at 25a to a rod 26. The rod is mounted for reciprocation in a fixed bearing 27 carried by the housing 10 and is constrained against rotation. A spring 28 serves to normally rock cam 25 clockwise into its brake releasing position as shown in Figure 2.

A sleeve or collar 29 (Fig. 2a) is slidable on rod 26 but constrained against rotation thereon and this sleeve is provided with a pair of radial detenting wedges 30. At the right of sleeve 29 (as viewed in Figure 2) is a tapered member 31 pivoted on a stud 32 (Fig. 1) so that it may be rocked clockwise from the position shown in Fig. 1 through an angledetermined by slot 33 through which rod 26 extends.

A knob 34, secured to member 31 extends through an arcuate opening 35 in the housing 10 and by means of this knob the member 31 may be rocked between its extreme positions. The member 31 has a pair of notches 36 and 37, one of which registers with wedges 30 of sleeve 29 when the member 31 is in one of its extreme positions as shown in Fig. 1 and the other of which registers with wedge 30 when the member 31 is in the other of its extreme positions.

The left end of rod 26 as viewed in Figure 2 has threaded thereon a tension adjusting knob 38 whose inner end bears against a cupped spring washer 39 which abuts sleeve 29. By adjusting this knob the pressure between the sleeve 29 and member 31 may be varied in accordance with the desired'conditions.

When the knob 34 is moved to the position of Fig. 1 it carries with it the member 31, so that the latter now cams sleeve 29 toward the left (as viewed in Fig. 2). Sleeve 29 in turn, bears against spring 39 and therethrough moves knob 38 and rod 26 to the left to rock cam 25 and urge the brake shoes 20 towards drum 19, to effect a braking action. Therefore when tension on the fishing line turns shaft-11 counterclockwise (as viewed in Figure 2) element 17"will turn therewith and through rollers 18 lock with'drurn 19 The drum, being engaged by the brake shoes, will slip in accordance with the initially set tension applied by knob 38 to spring 39.

Thus, when a strikeis'made the fisherman may immediately throw the brake into action With a predetermined and preset tension without danger of overstraining the line by a'too hasty oyerten'sioning. V V When knob 34' is in the other of its extreme positions, member 31 will be in position with its narrower end and notch 37 opposite sleeve 29 so that spring 28 may urge rod 26 to the right to release the brake. This position of the parts may be termed the off or non-braking position wherein the shaft 11 and spool 12 are freely rotatable in a clockwise direction (as viewed in Fig. 2) for reelingin action or free spooling. A thumb drag 40 (Fig. 1) is secured to shaft 11 to enable control of the free spooling action.

In the modification of Fig. 3, shaft 50 represents the spool shaft to which drum 51 of an overrunning clutch 52 is secured and through which a conical braking element 53 is driven when there is a drag on the line. This element has integral therewith, a rod 54 provided with a thumb drag 55. Facing element 53 is a complemental braking element 56 free on rod 54 and supported by four posts 57 in housing 58. These posts are also secured in a plate 59 and through springs 66 the plate and brake element 56 are biased toward the left as viewed in Fig. 3, out of braking position.

Housing 58 has a circular, internally threaded boss 61 into which is threaded a head 62. A yoke 63 straddles rod 54 and has extending finger pieces 64 through which the yoke may be shifted transversely to the axis of rod 54. The head 62 is provided with a pair of channels 65 into which lugs 66 of a second yoke 67 fit. This yoke has a detenting wedge 68 facing yoke 63 and adapted to cooperate with two notches 69 and 69' therein. Between yoke 67 and plate 59 is a cupped spring 70 urging the yoke 67 and plate 59 apart.

The action is such that when yoke 63 is in its lower position as shown in Fig. 3, its camming surface slides yoke 67 to the right, pressing spring Washer 70 against plate 59 to urge clutch element 56 into braking engagement with braking element 53 to place the drag on spool shaft 50 through the overrunning clutch 52. The force of the braking action will depend on thesetting or head 62, V

which by threading into and out of boss 61 will. preset the tension applied through, spring 70 bydecreasing or increasing the distance between the yoke 67 and plate 59.

- When yoke 63 is shifted to its' upper-position, yoke 67 is free to shift to the left under action of springs 70' and 6i), to release the brake. Thus, when a strike is made the 'brake may be quickly applied by simplyshifting yoke 63 to Y the position showninFigurel a i A further modification'is shown in Figs.'5 and 6 wherein 8G constitutes aspool shaft supported in housing 81, a and having a braking element 82 at one end thereof supported by four circumferentially spaced pins 83 extending into cam slotst84.in the shaft; The actionis: such that 1 part seer shaft sovv andhas: lugsl87 riding in channels. as

of housing 89. 'ljhreaded, Qnuthe housing is a head 9% which may be adjusted axially to tension a cupped spring 91 between the head '90,;and; braking element 86.: The action in this modification is automatic in that whenthere is a drag on the line, turning shaft 8Q in thedirection of Q and said adjustable head whereby said second braking 7 element will be maintained resilientlytin contact with, 1 said first braking; element and means for m vinasaid f 7' arrow 85, element 82 shifts tothe left as yiewediin Fig- 1 ure 5) and engages-element 86 wit-ha force'predetermined by the initial adjustment of head 99 ,Iheextreniitypf i shaft 80 may be provided with thelusual thumb; drag 92,. '1

It is, of course, tobe understood from the description of the form of'the inventionlillustrated in Figures land t at h pc a 't f rm of; the invention herein claimed, may be driven by any suitable: mechanism properly interconnectedrwith the spool; shaft, r

While there have been shown and described: and pointed" ,7

out the'fundamental novel features. of the invention as 1 applied'to a preferred -embodiment, itwill lye understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and in its 7 operation may be made by'th'ose' skilled in the art without departing from the spirit 'of 'the invention." It isthe intention, therefore, to be limited only as'indicated by the scope of the following claims WhatIclaim is: i

a 1. A one way' brake. comprising a'housing having a cup-shaped body portion and a cup-shaped he'ad in'screw v threaded jus able; eng gement with. .saidbody portion, a spool'shaft rotatably mounted "in said body portion, a rod mounted inj said head in oaxial relation to said 1 shaft, a firstflbraking-element mounted on lsaid shaft, rotatable therewith "and movable longitudinally: thereon, a second braking element on said rod, movable longitudinally thereon-and nonrotatable with respect thereto, a spring interposed between said second braking 'element first braking element into contact with said ,s'econd braking element when said shaft rotates in one direction."

2, The combination of elementsrrecited in claim; -1 wherein saidbraking elements andsaidfspring, are' removable fromytheir casingupon the removal of said headfrom, said body portionsof said casing.

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